#Safety culture
Development of a proactive safety culture in production: mindful leadership, motivation programs, contractor engagement, and addressing the human factor. Transitioning from reactive oversight to integrated risk management practices.
Zapolyarny Mine's Participation in the Review Competition
The article tells about the participation of the Zapolyarny mine in the production safety competition in Norilsk, where the enterprise won second place in the "Mining Divisions" category. The material examines the key factors behind this success: the implementation of modern equipment, continuous personnel training, and the creation of a comprehensive risk management system. The mine's experience demonstrates how systematic work on occupational health and safety helps prevent incidents and ensur...
Managing Emotions During Incidents
The article is dedicated to managing the emotions and actions of an injured worker, their supervisor, and HSE specialists directly at the moment of an incident. The author examines the emotional state and stress of all participants in the event, emphasizing the importance of composure, support, and practical preparation in the first few minutes. The material helps to understand the role of the HSE service and management in providing first aid and maintaining resilience in a critical situation.
Is Safety Profitable for Business? It's a Strategic Necessity!
The article considers the correct approach to safety as a strategic asset and a risk management tool, rather than merely an expense item. The author explains why incident prevention costs several times less than eliminating their consequences, as well as how silent threats like burnout and staff turnover affect profits. The material analyzes the causes of failures in safety culture and offers solutions for integrating care for people into the business management system.
While the Lion Slept, the Monkey Ruled the Forest. Part 3
The article discusses practical ways to change the approach to workplace safety, taking into account the real tasks of managers. The author explains how to make safety a tool for business success by solving everyday production problems, involving leaders as co-authors, and rejecting formal paper rituals. Instead of imposing regulations, it is proposed to build trust, prove value with real results, and rely on respect for the reality of others.
Shaping Behavioral Culture Through Workplace Training and Its Impact on Everyday Life
The article is devoted to how risk assessment training at an enterprise changes workers' attitude toward safety and becomes their lifestyle. The author shares the experience of conducting courses at a mine and their impact on their miner brother. The described incident on the road shows how knowledge acquired in production and a responsible attitude help prevent a dangerous situation outside of work in a timely manner.
While the Lion Slept, the Monkey Ruled the Forest. Part 2
The article analyzes psychological barriers and key shortcomings of occupational health and safety specialists that cause initiatives to face resistance from middle management and production teams. The material examines in detail why safety measures lack proven effectiveness, authority, and consideration of the real tasks of local managers. The author shows how formalism, systemic errors in implementing changes, and a lack of interaction with leaders lead to a loss of trust in safety processes.
Tremendous Results of Implementing the Automated Communication Compatibility Assessment System!
The article is dedicated to the application of an automated complex for assessing communicative compatibility to form effective teams and prevent occupational injuries. The implementation of this tool allows for the timely identification of employees in need of support, increases satisfaction with interpersonal relationships in the team by 15%, and prevents accidents. The practical benefits of the complex are examined for enterprises with a high risk of injury, as well as the healthcare, educati...
SOCIOMETRY: A Revolution in Work Team Formation!
The article is devoted to the practical application of an automated complex for assessing communicative compatibility to form an optimal composition of work crews based on sociometry. The system visualizes the psychological climate, calculates indices of sociometric status and group cohesion, and also identifies leaders and employees requiring adaptation. The experience of implementing the development at LLC Gazprom Transgaz Yugorsk confirms its effectiveness in eliminating interpersonal conflic...
While the Lion Slept, the Monkey Ruled the Forest. Part 1
The article is devoted to analyzing the reasons why production managers are reluctant to change their approaches to corporate safety and often treat implemented practices formally. The author explains the difficulties of implementing changes, dividing them into shortcomings of the initiators, the psychology of perception, and biological factors of human behavior. The material helps to understand the nature of resistance to authority and the specifics of working with cognitive biases when impleme...
A New Reality in HSE! Leadership Assessment as an Element of Safety Assurance!
The article examines the use of an automated system for assessing the leadership qualities and communicative compatibility of employees to enhance occupational health and safety. The program analyzes the results of diagnostic techniques based on the criteria of "Dominance" and "Friendliness", after which it automatically forms the optimal composition of work shifts. Such an approach makes it possible to distribute leaders within teams, prevent conflicts, and increase industrial safety.
The Deep Roots of Workplace Tragedies: Digging to the Very Core!
The article presents the results of an analysis of the root causes of occupational injuries at a fuel and energy complex enterprise for 2006–2023 using the "5 Whys?" and logical-graphical modeling methods. The study showed that the lack of communicative compatibility among workers is one of the main root causes of incidents and significantly affects the risk of injury. The author emphasizes the importance of assessing the communicative compatibility of personnel as a key direction for improving...
The Rhythm of Life and Your Everyday Eco-Friendly Habits
A person's daily habits are a powerful tool capable of simultaneously protecting the environment and strengthening one's own health. The article examines the impact of daily behavioral patterns — from choice of transport and mindful eating to water conservation and household habits — on quality of life, ecosystems, and the physical state of the body. Adjusting simple household decisions makes it possible not only to reduce emission levels and the toxic load on nature, but also to strengthen the...